
Women
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Top-Grossing Films Showed Slight Gains in Diversity of Lead Actors Last Year, Study Says
By Umberto Gonzalez | March 14, 2022 @ 7:00 AMIn 2021, 41% of movies had a female lead or co-lead, a rebound from 36% in 2020, Annenberg Inclusion Initiative study shows
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Oscars 2022: Women Land Just 28% of Nominations in All Categories, a 3-Year Low
By Brian Welk | February 8, 2022 @ 9:05 AMOnly 65 of the 229 individual Oscar nominations went to women, despite landmark nominations for Jane Campion and others
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When He Went Low She Went High – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Makes a Mark for History (Video)
By Sharon Waxman | July 24, 2020 @ 10:34 AMThe congresswoman spoke on behalf of all women who suffer aggressions large and small from men who think they can do so with impunity
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‘All Rise’ Star Simone Missick on Filming Quarantine Episode Using Zoom, FaceTime
By Emily Vogel | May 4, 2020 @ 12:36 PMWrapWomen LA Blog: ”This process felt like shooting a guerrilla indie film that I starred in, co-produced and ran thirteen other departments for,“ Simone Missick tells WrapWomen
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Producer Effie T. Brown Named CEO of Female-Focused Film Financing Fund Gamechanger
By Trey Williams | January 7, 2020 @ 9:00 AMGamechanger will also expand to help underrepresented communities in TV and digital
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Women in Animated Films Make Up Only 17% of Lead Characters
By Brian Welk | June 10, 2019 @ 8:04 AMFemale producers and executives in animation exceed those in live action, report from USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative says
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Top-Grossing 2018 Films Had More Female and Racially Diverse Lead Roles, Study Says
By Debbie Emery | February 12, 2019 @ 6:55 AMEleven films featured a female lead or co-lead from an underrepresented racial/ethnic group, three times more than in 2017, according to Annenberg Inclusion Initiative study
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Women Snagged Record 28 Percent of This Year’s Oscar Nominations, an All-Time High
By Brian Welk | January 22, 2019 @ 11:37 AMGains came in below-the-line categories, including Best Documentary Feature
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More Than Half of 2019 Sundance Dramatic Competition Films Have Female Directors
By Trey Williams | November 28, 2018 @ 1:00 PMNine of the 16 films have a female director
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NY Times Columnist Admits His Gender Bias: ‘I’m Not Quoting Enough Women’
By Jon Levine | May 14, 2018 @ 7:29 AM”Less than 20 percent of the people mentioned in my weekly column have been women,“ says David Leonhardt in his Sunday column
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Is Criticism of Michelle Wolf Sexist? Rachel Bloom Says Yes
By Itay Hod | May 1, 2018 @ 6:00 PM”I definitely think she’s getting more criticism because she’s a woman,“ Bloom tells TheWrap
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NY Times Belatedly Publishes Obits of Sylvia Plath, Charlotte Brontë and Other Women It Ignored at the Time
By Jon Levine | March 8, 2018 @ 6:37 AMThe Times says the project is meant to correct historical bias in the obituary section which overwhelmingly ”chronicled the lives of men“
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Time’s Up, Oscars: Fewest Female Winners Since 2012
By Meriah Doty | March 4, 2018 @ 9:10 PMFrances McDormand sounds alarm bell in her Best Actress speech — but Academy again falls short
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New BBC Initiative Aims to ‘Sweep Away Any Barriers to Women Progressing’
By Tony Maglio | February 23, 2018 @ 7:12 AMUK broadcaster wants half of senior management and on-air talent to be female by 2020
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Does CNN Have a Woman Problem? Network Lags Behind Fox News, MSNBC in On-Air Talent
By Jon Levine | January 21, 2018 @ 1:31 PMCNN has half as many solo female hosts as its competitors — and none in primetime